what poor driving habits do you have?
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D
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In the US it's not a "use whatever lane you please" system. Passing/faster drivers in the left lane and, during rush hour, there's often a carpool lane on the left.
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Why would you indicate when approaching a roundabout? Doesn't everyone get filtered into the roundabout? Isn't that the point? (It makes sense that you'd indicate when exiting the roundabout...)
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Why would you indicate when approaching a roundabout? Doesn't everyone get filtered into the roundabout? Isn't that the point? (It makes sense that you'd indicate when exiting the roundabout...)
Stobart Stopper
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I have a bad habit of driving with one hand, Pig is always monaing about it.
At least I don't out the wrong fuel in the car though.
At least I don't out the wrong fuel in the car though.
Ich bin ein Mod
does his make up in his room
D said:
To show which exit you'll be taking at the roundabout
Left indicator on approach: turning left
No indicator on approach: straight on (but indicate left after the exit before the one you'll be taking)
Right indicator on approach: turning right (but indicate left after the exit before the one you'll be taking)
Ich bin ein Mod
does his make up in his room
God knows how you'd approach something like this though
http://www.somethingunderstood.org/img/Roundabout Swindon UK.jpg
http://www.somethingunderstood.org/img/Roundabout Swindon UK.jpg
longdog said:I (used to) drive pissed, stoned, high.
I used to smoke a joint in the car on the way to work in the mornings, and one on the way home.
For about 10 years. As a heavy cannabis user, I don't think it had a huge effect on me, but that's what they all say, isn't it?
trashpony
Hag
Alf Klein said:
Err ... no. But then I'm a girl and I'm 5' 4" so there really isn't a lot of opportunity. So I was wondering if that was why I do it. But I drove down the M4 and back to London today and I realised I intimidate people when:
- they sit in a lane - fast or middle because they can't be arsed to change. I think this kind of hypnotised driving is well dodgy
- they decide that the entire road should be driving at the speed they deem to be appropriate
- they drive along really slowly because they are looking for a space/a house/chatting to their mates ie are totally inconsiderate of other drivers' needs.
I'm not a dangerous idiot. My methods of intimidation are putting on my indicator, flashing and occasionly overtaking on the inside. I never get right up the arse of another car because that would be dangerous.
What I object to is people who are completely and utterly incompetent being behind the wheel of a car.
trashpony said:
From what you wrote before, I don't believe for a second that you don't sometimes get up the arse of the car in front of you to try and push them over into the slow lane where they should be in the first place. Not judging you for that, just saying.
It would hardly be very effective bullying/intimidation to do it from a perfectly safe distance, and bullying and intimidation is what you yourself called it. 
I share your irritation with bad drivers, but I think it's important to realise that like so many tings in life, the only person's behaviour you can really change is your own. Trying to make other drivers do what you want them to do is not only futile, but dangerous and pointless.
Have you ever been in a bad accident at high speed? I found that my attitude to driving changed MASSIVELY after I crashed at 85mph on the M1 - once it's happened to you, you never again feel that false sense of security that being in a car provides, and you are constantly aware that at high speeds, you are a split second away from losing control and crashing if the slightest thing goes wrong. It doesn't matter whether you're driving aggressively because you're in a hurry, or because someone in front is going too slowly for your liking or whatever, the point is that when you drive with that head on, you are putting yourself and others in danger if something unforeseen happens.
trashpony
Hag
Fair comment. I do try really hard to keep two cars' distance at all times but I might not do always. And no, I haven't ever been in a high speed crash - closest I've come is swerving onto the central reservation to avoid the person behind me smacking into me which was bloody scary.
I like driving fast (on motorways only - I keep to the speed limit religiously in built up areas). I should probably just book myself a few sessions at Brands Hatch like I keep promising myself and get it out of my system.
I like driving fast (on motorways only - I keep to the speed limit religiously in built up areas). I should probably just book myself a few sessions at Brands Hatch like I keep promising myself and get it out of my system.
trashpony said:
OMG I really hope that's a typo!
Two cars' distance? As in two car lengths? That would be a safe gap at about 15mph.......at 80mph that's very close indeed!
Did you mean the two second rule? When you're driving fast, the two second rule would put you more like 10-20 car lengths behind the car in front - and that's in dry conditions, when it's wet it would be even more (the stopping distance at 80mph is 400 feet when it's dry).
Sorry, lecture over, that just gave me a nasty shock - don't want you to get squished.
Johnny Canuck3
Well-Known Member
A tendency to speed.
trashpony
Hag
Ooh blimey - lots of
I mean that I try and keep a fair way away from the car in front - like at least the stipulated two chevrons on the M1. I keep far enough away so that people are constantly pulling out between me and the car in front. Which is a bit irritating.
The thing with cars and stopping distances is that the car in front of you is also moving at probably a similar speed - so it's not like you're ever comparing your stopping distance against an immobile object.
I'm not saying that you're particularly giving me a hard time but my major driving transgression is that I drive about 20% over the speed limit on motorways. And that's pretty much it. Frankly, some of the other confessions on this thread are way more
I mean that I try and keep a fair way away from the car in front - like at least the stipulated two chevrons on the M1. I keep far enough away so that people are constantly pulling out between me and the car in front. Which is a bit irritating.
The thing with cars and stopping distances is that the car in front of you is also moving at probably a similar speed - so it's not like you're ever comparing your stopping distance against an immobile object.
I'm not saying that you're particularly giving me a hard time but my major driving transgression is that I drive about 20% over the speed limit on motorways. And that's pretty much it. Frankly, some of the other confessions on this thread are way more
trashpony said:
Oh yeah, I wasn't suggesting that you should drive 400 feet behind the car in front, just that 2 cars' distance on a motorway would actually be very very close.
I think the chevrons are the same idea as the 2-second thingy, aren't they?And I know this is supposed to be a confession thread, and no-one should give you a hard time, but it wasn't the speed thing that got under my skin about yours, it was the admission that you bully and intimidate other drivers, which takes both your and their attention away from where it needs to be.
I'm certainly not saying that I'm any better, just that having a nasty crash as a result of being impatient and in a hurry REALLY brings home that getting there in one piece is more important than getting there 35 seconds quicker. I was incredibly lucky that 1. no-one else was involved when I crashed and 2. I walked away, but I could so easily have ended up splattered all over the road and/or with some other deaths on my conscience - I suppose I get a bit evangelical about it.
trashpony
Hag
You're right too - I really need to start being a bit better. I was thinking about this thread all the way back from Berkshire today and did mellow driving - which was actually quite pleasant
I think I get a bit overexcited when I leave London - need to work on it a bit. And very glad you walked away
I was thinking about this thread all the way back from Berkshire today and did mellow driving - which was actually quite pleasant I think I get a bit overexcited when I leave London - need to work on it a bit. And very glad you walked away
parallelepipete
Aelod cysylltiol y Taliban Cymraeg
The guy/gal's* a genius - make soft-tops a legal requirement! Moose for Transport Secretary!moose said:I've cured my speeding tendencies by getting a convertible - what's the rush when you can hear the birds singing?
Likewise I can no longer shout abuse at other drivers... cause they can hear me
* Help me out here - you like football, beer and knitting?
parallelepipete
Aelod cysylltiol y Taliban Cymraeg
Ah well, you joined U75 just before vetting of new registrations was introduced in Jan 2005. As for me ...dirtysanta said:
*polishes politically-correct, considerately-driving halo*
parallelepipete
Aelod cysylltiol y Taliban Cymraeg
There I was thinking I was a perfect driver, but I do that too. More out of an annoying self-righteousness, if I'm honesttrashpony said:
Though it does also genuinely piss me off when people not only speed but, through their manner of driving, treat other driver who are obeying the speed limit as if they're the ones at fault...
Mine.
Control - Steering 2
Move off - safety 1
- control 1
Response to signs - traffic lights 1
Use of speed 1
Progress - appropriate speed 1
- undue hesitation 2
Positioning - lane discipline 1
Awareness/ planning 2
But I don't give a monkeys. Now I can learn some proper bad habits!!!
Control - Steering 2
Move off - safety 1
- control 1
Response to signs - traffic lights 1
Use of speed 1
Progress - appropriate speed 1
- undue hesitation 2
Positioning - lane discipline 1
Awareness/ planning 2
But I don't give a monkeys. Now I can learn some proper bad habits!!!
dirtysanta
Original Casual
trashpony said:Frankly, some of the other confessions on this thread are way more
Jesus H Fucking Christ. Are you sure sweetheart ?
2 cars length on the Motorway !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! fucking
x100Get the fuck off the road, before you kill yourself and a load of other people. Out of all the posts on this thread that is the most dangerous. I think everyone here would agree.
Reason - your clueless - you dont even realise your driving dangerously.
nogoodboyo
New Member
I had a crash when I was 18 - going too fast. Since then one of the worst near-incidents was caused by someone brake-testing me in central London. He pulled out on me, and I coasted too near his bumper rather than braking more sharply - rude on my part, but to cause a shunt because of it?
Being careless is one thing - it's universal, notwithstanding sanctimony - but deliberately trying to cause an accident is just incredibly thick and dangerous.
Being careless is one thing - it's universal, notwithstanding sanctimony - but deliberately trying to cause an accident is just incredibly thick and dangerous.
With a modern car it doesn't save any fuel - with the car in gear and foot off the accelerator the modern car shuts off ALL fuel to the engine, with it out of gear & coasting it uses a small amount of fuel to keep the engine turning over.Iemanja said:I like to keep my foot down on the clutch, just before I break, or if I'm going downhill - when I was little I used to hear that if you did that it saved petrol (it was the 70s, during the petrol crisis, I believe) and that stuck with me!
Apart from that my driving is perfect!
nogoodboyo said:
Nah, the difference is we don't have crack whores round here whereas you have ample choice
My bad habits:
Speeding (when visibility is good, ample line of sight, etc.)
Cornering excessively fast, attempting and failing to powerslide (as above)
Being very loud (not a standard exhaust or stereo, call me Kev)
Occasional passing on the left, but only when I've indicated, flashed and have two lanes to use
